Writing Our Lives :  Reflections on Dialogue Journal Writing with Adults Learning English / 
edited by Joy Kreeft Peyton and Jana Staton. 
 - Englewood Cliffs, NJ :  Prentice Hall Regents,  1991. 
 - 136 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
 - Language in Education Theory and Practice .
<br/><br/> A publication of CAL, Center for Applied Linguistics.  Prepared by NCLE, National Clearinghouse on Literacy Education, an Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse. 
<br/><br/>Vol. 77 in the Language and Education Series. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>"There have been many publications about dialogue journal writing, but none focusing on the adult developing literacy in English as a second language. Writing Our Lives: Dialogue Journal Writing with Adults Learning English represents the latest thinking on this practice, by leading teachers and researchers in adult literacy. This long-awaited volume presents a rationale for making open and continuing dialogue with students, tutors, and teachers in many different types of programs. Writing Our Lives also includes practical how-to suggestions for starting and maintaining written dialogue with adult ESL students, and concludes with the most comprehensive resource list now available for further reading about dialogue journal practice and research." (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS : <br/> Introduction <br/> Creating an Attitude of Dialogue in Adult Literacy Instruction<br/>  / Jana Staton<br/> Part I : An Introduction to Dialogue Journal Writing<br/> Chapter 1: What Are Dialogue Journals?<br/>  / Paul Jones<br/> Chapter 2: Settling Some Basic Issues<br/>  / Joy Kreeft Peyton<br/><br/> Chapter 3: Dialogue Journals and ESL Adult Literacy: Some Questions to Consider<br/>  / Jack Wigfield<br/> Chapter 4: El Cuaderno de Dialogos: La Alfabetizacion a Traves de Conversaciones Escritas <br/>  / Dan Rabideau <br/> Part II: Different Ways of Using Dialogue Journals <br/> Chapter 5: Between Teacher and Student: The Making of Texts by Adult New Readers<br/>  / Smokey Wilson<br/> Chapter 6: Dialogue Journal Writing as Part of a Learner-Centered Curriculum<br/>  / Janet Isserlis<br/> Chapter 7: Dialogue Journal Writing with a Language Associate to Learn a Foreign Language <br/>  / Diane Poole <br/> Chapter 8: Dialogue Journal Entries as Problem-Posing Codes<br/>  / Laura Klos Sokol<br/><br/> Chapter 9: Full Cycle: From Journal Writing to "Codes" to Writing<br/>  / Loren McGrail<br/> Part III: Working with Beginning Writers <br/> Chapter 10: Getting Started: Dialogue Journal Writing with Semiliterate Adult ESL Students<br/>  / David Spencer<br/> Chapter 11: Features of Semiliterate Writing: One Student's Development<br/>  / Julietta Davis<br/> Part IV: Training Teachers and Tutors <br/> Chapter 12: Dialogue Journals in Teacher Education <br/>  / Lenore Balliro <br/> Chapter 13: Extending the Dialogue: Making Connections Between Learning and Teaching <br/>  / Melody Schneider<br/> Part V: Benefits for Students and Teachers <br/> Chapter 14: The Various Benefits of Dialogue Journals <br/>  / Paul Jones <br/> Dialogue Journal Resources<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0139693386 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91006444 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.<br/>Dialogues--Authorship--Study and teaching.<br/>Diaries--Authorship--Study and teaching.<br/>Adult education.